Diaper



June 1950 v A. H. SONNENB'ERG 2,510,665

DIAPER Filed Aug. 11, 1948 INVENTOR.

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Patented June 6, 1950 Alexander-1 L .So fm raiiew.XnrlnNJ.Applioationahgust 11, 1948,}Serial No.-43;614

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it .pr ncipal obieet.o enminrent enbtemroe ride d aper which isweryeasy-.t ne iireienan nfant and.ean:be-adins ed;, eadil tosaee mme datefgrerpwth o tofm tents of idiiierentls It is a further ieetioimyinicentiqn arom vide an :adius able diaper of :-the -oharaeter descri edemploys :no. .metalifastepin le merit isu hrfoeinstanee as mine.91'51131 s:- teners, and does not use buttons o fathejlike wh ch are.liablerto Joe broken :9! zlestimilannmdering.

I Adore R .0. .iiG? Y,1 1T i:ml; objeet. of m xinvention m rovise. a dape or the ieharaeierwdeseribed hi h employ tapes. for oldingtthediaperiin placenthe diaper bein pfssn h. enetriichonithat byrenew n-.eertainjsinm ei struetiofi as tothe use and placement of the tapes,the ,diaper be adjus ed quickly 9..aecemmedate imiantspf difierentsizes. V

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a eemnan ine dr win s. wh rls. f e yarieusspsissibleembndimentsefi Fig.1 sa per ective wiew otan nienw iaee embodyin my iii-rent Fig. 2 is aperspective view the diaper as it appears when arranged for use onalarge infant; Fig. 3 an enlarged fragmentarysectionalwiew takensubstantially along the line M of Fig.2;

Fig. 4 is a perspective v ew. o 2. u illustrating the diaper arrangedfor use on a smaller-infant;

"Fig-55 is an enlarged f .agmentary view taken smbstantially along the.line of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a fr.agmentary sectional view'taken substantially along. theline. firrir o1Fig.z53;::

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 4, but showing the diaper arranged foruse on a still smaller infant; and

Fig. 8 is a plan view of the diaper laid out fiat.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, the reference numeral Illdenotes a diaper embodying my invention. Said diaper comprises a fab-.Qlaim, 401. tax an),

rieznanel .112. vernerall r-roblory -in shape. eonyenticnal. :said panel:is :fiabri ated from a daihulnus :.fabric. and ma rconstitute ione,twomr morepnes. it. .is within the .scope of invention to' have:tbesemlies tif plural)- permanently overhl-ing one another or o providS-HQhr Yfi lying plies. by imeans of folding in ident to .ar-- rangement20f diaper prior .to-planement 120D. aniniant. ..-I.t;.w-i1.1 beunderstood from the. LfQffir-eeomgithat athezterm. oblon panel"asmsedmemin denotes: the. 313E113} as it: appears when readybezplacedzonan infant.

"irhespanei I2 shewnrherein cons itute tdzn iea he. .anenten pixel-. andan innerply are -..coextensire and haveth ir eda swreeietered.Themfiripherafienes of the two plies are secured. togethereby' bind ri.stitching 1121. To. improve fit onaanainfantrtheerotehsection .1-8 ofthemwl may be made isomewhatxnarmwer than theinont p rti n. 1 andvmar;pnertio,a. 2

how tea is not essential. to. the pllactice of my invention, Fu thrmore. the :rear portion, 22 loan be made.- slightly narrower than thefrontmortion, but-this; toodsmotzneoe sary ina diaper embod in main-Mention...

Said. two plies are :made from lsnitted debriewiththe .couzrsesextending, cireumferentiall i the diaper, ire..aorossits.lonsitudinalaxisand walesextending arallel o he. l ngitudinalsifithaitv the. :panel considerably more yield ng cireumierentrailythanitri lon itudinally.

Pursuant to my invention, one of the portione. of the. diaper: to.pnezside bf the crotc Zone 1.78. e. g. the-portion; 203.15 provided-witha; SeriQSuQfl :eaeh oi which isladap ed to have: an elon atedflexible-element such. .a tapesecirredrthereteas b tying. Tbesemeansware1 ranged. in. substantially a. line. extending: para-l l;tdthelongitndinal. aids-mtherliaperrand... in the prererrediormiofmyinvention, .said means are. disposed midway between the. side edges. of:the panel.-

Il'flesirably; said means comp i e: fifiYfi' loops 14', 2.6,.28,.ritlh.several being used, .hereimin itsliteral: sense-asprdenotingzmore. than two. V

loops...are .-arrangedin a line coincident-withing: longitudinal axis 0isymmetry at the. loops; may be independently iabricated and. but. inthe-'eommemial 5501311101 in, ventien, Ijhave-foundit moreeoenomicalatozmake um lgnpaout m: asinglelensthoi tap ii :whieh; extendsalong the aforesaid axis and has its upper end adjacent the upper edge34 of the panel, and its lower edge near the crotch section. The twoends of the tape are held in place in any suitable manner, as forinstance, by stitching 3'6. 38. In

addition, portions of the tape intermediate its ends are secured to thepanel, as by stitching 40, 42, 44. Thus, the single. tape 32, in effect,forms the four loops 24, 26, 28 and 30. Any suitable spacing may beemployed for the loops as later will be appreciated. However, I havefound that good results are obtained where the center spaclng betweenthe loops is one and three-quarter inches.

Further, pursuant to my invention, the portion of the panel on theopposite side of the crotch zone, i. e. the back portion 22, is providedwith two series of means which are so constructed that they are adaptedto have the elongated flexible members threaded therethrough. Desirably,these means, like the means heretofore described,

4 loops 58, 66 of the loops of the side series, brought back toward thecenter of the upper portion 26 and are tied together, a by a bow 14. Thesame procedure is repeated for the other tape 10 except that it isthreaded through the next loops 56, 64 of the loops of the side series.

If the infant is somewhat smaller, the edges 34, 50 of the front andrear portions may be folded inwardly so as to render the second loops26, 56, 64 of the central and side series the outermost loops. A diaperso arranged can be placed on or secured to a baby in the same manner asthat already described in detail, except that the tapes 68,

10 now are centrally tied to the loops 26, 28 of the are in the form ofloops, and like the aforesaid means, each set of loops can be formed bya sin gle tape. These two series of means are disposed on opposite sidesof the longitudinal axis of symmetry of the diaper, preferably beinglocated near the lateral edges of said diaper at the back portion. Saidtwo series of means likewise are substantially linearly arranged in adirection parallel to the longitudinal axis of the panel.

As shown herein, each of said two series of means comprises a tape 16 or48, one tape being disposed adjacent one lateral edge of the rearportion of the diaper, and the other tape being disposed adjacent theother lateral edge of said portion of the diaper. One end of each tapeis adjacent the rear edge 56 of the panel, and the opposite edge, nearthe crotch section. The two ends of each tape, as well as three equallyspaced intermediate portions, are held to the panel by stitching,whereby the tape 45 is, in effect, subdivided into four loops 52, 54,56, 58 and the tape 48 into four loops 69, 62, 64, 66. The latter twosets of.

loops are transversely registered, and in the pre ferred form of myinvention, the loops in each set have a center spacing substantiallyequal to the center spacing of the first described set of loops 24, 26,28, 36.

Finally, in accordance with my invention, the diaper is provided with atleast two elongated flexible elements such as tapes 68, 16, each ofwhich in use is tied intermediate its ends by an overhand knot 12 to adifferent one of the series of loops 24, 26, 26, 36. Thus the two tapesare detachably secured to what will, for convenience,

hereinafter be referred to as the loops of the center series.

By way of illustration, the attachment of the diaper to a large infantnow will be described.v The panel 12 is laid on a flat surfacesuch as abed, i

If the tapes 68, 10 have not been previously tied to the proper loops ofthe center series, said tapes at this time are secured to the uppertwoloops 24, 26, the overhand knots 12 being located substantially atthe center of each tape. The sides of. the rear portion 2 2 are broughtup to overlie the.

side edges of the front portion and. the two ends of the tape 68 arethreaded through the top center series, and are threaded through theloops 54, 56, 62, 64 of the side series.

,Still a further reduction in size of the diaper can be effected byfolding down the upper and lower edges a greater degree to make thethird loops 28, 54 and 62 the outermost ones. Intermediate sizes may beobtained by folding only one or the other of the front or rear portionsor by folding unequally. It may be mentioned that the so-called frontportion can be placed at therear of an infant, this term having beenemployed only to facilitate description.

It thus will be seen that I have provided a diaper which achieves theseveral objects of my invention and is welladapted to meet theconditions of practical use.

Asvarious possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, andas various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, itis to be understood that all matter herein described or shown in theaccompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in alimiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

A diaper comprising an oblong bibulous panel having a crotch portion, atleast two tapes, a first portion of said panel to one side of saidcrotch portion having a linearly arranged series of several spacedelements between the side edges of said first portion to which the tapesare adapted to be tied intermediate their ends, the number of saidelements exceeding the number of said tapes, said tapes being tied toadjacent elements, and two linearly arranged series of several spacedelements, one adjacent each side of the panel, said two series ofelements being disposed on the portion of the panel to the other side ofsaid crotch portion, said-elements being constructed to threadedly passa tape whereby the ends of the tapes may be threaded through elements ofsaid two series and thentied to one another.

ALEXANDER H. SONNENBERG.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

FOREIGN PATENTS Number McNair Dec. 1, 1936 i

